66% of voters say that rehabilitation should be prioritized over incarceration.

How Programs like HEART Fund Care, Not Criminalization

This week (May 5-8) is ACLU Community Safety Week on Capitol Hill. We’re joining the ACLU in DC to demand Congress invests in prevention, not punishment.

Alamance County sheriff should not regain immigration enforcement powers

Law enforcement officials with such a history of discriminatory policing should never receive federal support to target residents and communities.
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Alamance County sheriff should not regain immigration enforcement powers

Law enforcement officials with such a history of discriminatory policing should never receive federal support to target residents and communities.

By Irena Como

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U.S. Gave Its Torturers a Pass, So International Court Steps In

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Want to protest a speaker on campus? Under new UNC policy you could be expelled.

The new policy under consideration calls for extreme punishment— including suspension and expulsion— for anyone who disrupts a campus speech.

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The University of North Carolina Continues to Defend Its Right to Discriminate Against the Trans Community

After two years of being attacked by their very own state government, trans North Carolinians are moving closer to obtaining partial victory.

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Court Settlement Would Be Step Forward for Trans North Carolinians -- But the Fight Continues

Under a proposed consent decree, or legal agreement, North Carolina would finally affirm the right of transgender people to use facilities that match their gender.

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Justice For All: Celebrating Champions of Liberty at our Annual Awards Dinner

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Illegal gerrymandering, voter suppression, and now rigging the courts

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Yes, you have the right to #TakeAKnee. No, schools cannot force you to stand.

Protest is all-American. Take a knee.

Rowan County Commissioners Vote to Appeal Coercive Prayer Case to the U.S. Supreme Court

Rowan County commissioners voted unanimously to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court ruling that found that the commissioners violated the Constitution when they opened public meetings by coercing public participation in prayers that overwhelmingly advanced one religion.

By Mike Meno

Rowan County, prayer, ACLU